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Salem — Officers spoke to a person at the police department at 4:43 p.m. Thursday regarding a road rage incident in the area of Dodge Drive and West State Street. The person advised that a the driver of a utility truck had apparently become upset with them when they failed to go after a light had turned green and began honking their horn and following them on West State Street before they turned onto West Pershing and that when they re-encountered the same truck on Dodge Drive it was travelling on the wrong side of the road and seemingly attempting to hit them head on forcing them to ...

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Municipal LISBON – A Wellsville man who came behind the counter and punched a woman in the face at the East Liverpool Dairy Queen at West Eighth Street was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 150 suspended recently in Columbiana County Municipal Court. James Wicker, 62, Main Street, was also fined $500, placed on two years of probation and ordered to undergo anger management for the incident that took place on April 30 after Wicker became upset over a food order and had words with the employees. A preliminary hearing was set for Oct. 2 for Robert A. Riggs, 55, East Ninth Street, ...

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Common Pleas New Cases County Treasurer, Lisbon, vs. White Crown Property Management LTD, Columbiana, Wade Snively Family Trust, Canton, Mary Snovely Family Trust, Canton; delinquent tax foreclosure sought. Docket Entries Tesa Anderson vs. Corey Anderson; divorce granted. Scott Lodge vs. Mindy Lodge; divorce granted. Lorraine Measmer vs. Matthew Measmer; divorce granted. Chadeya Fox and Ryan Fox; dissolution granted. Terry Weaver and Melany Weaver; divorce granted. Court News LISBON — An East Liverpool man who entered a guilty plea to possessing images of child ...

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Common Pleas New Cases David L. Gentry, Coffee School Road, Salem, vs. Leah M. Gentry, unknown address, Washingtonville; divorce sought. U.S. Bank National Association, Independence, vs. Timothy L. Pancake, Pancake Clarkson Road, Rogers; collection sought of alleged $2,589 debt. William Martig, Boardman, vs. City of Salem, South Broadway Avenue, Salem, and Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, Columbus; refiling of appeal of claim denial. Lionel Crissman, Warren, vs. Ricoh USA, Parsippany, N.J., and Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, Columbus; appeal of claim ...

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Municipal LISBON — Ashley M. Shuman, 43, Alba Avenue, Chester, was fined $400 and sentenced to 140 days in jail with 138 suspended, two years of probation and 50 hours of community service for possession of a drug abuse instrument, and drug paraphernalia recently in Columbiana County Municipal Court. Shuman lived at a Broomfield Avenue residence which was the location of a brief police standoff between Greg Dailey and the St. Clair Police Department on June 26. Upon entry, officers found used syringes and glass meth pipes. On June 29, Shuman was found in possession of a ...

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Grand Jury LISBON — Christopher J. Maglione, 31, Steubenville, was served Wednesday with a secret indictment issued by the Columbiana County Grand Jury for possession of cocaine, a fifth-degree felony, for allegedly possessing cocaine on Jan. 12, 2025. — Glenn E. Collins, 44, South Ellsworth Avenue, Salem, was served Thursday with a secret indictment issued by the Columbiana County Grand Jury for aggravated possession of drugs and possession of drugs, both fifth-degree felonies, for allegedly possessing methamphetamine and buprenorphine on Aug. 2, 2023. Common Pleas New ...